Oscar Piastri has defeated McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.Piastri made the difference in the final run of Q3, putting two tenths on Norris after the pair had been closely matched before.On the first run in the top-10 shootout Piastri opened with a 1m11.836sContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri handed McLaren a clean sweep of F1 Spanish Grand Prix practice by comfortably topping FP3 in Barcelona.Saturday’s final practice session got off to a sluggish start, with little meaningful running early on in the searing midday heat.Carlos Sainz drew applause from his Spanish fans as he led theContinue Reading
It’s no secret that Max Verstappen dreams of competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours. And now, after his GT3 test with Emil Frey Racing at the Nurburgring Nordschleife – where he drove under the pseudonym Franz Hermann – there is growing speculation that the Nurburgring 24 Hours is alsoContinue Reading
“It clearly slowed McLaren down a lot,” said Mercedes’ George Russell, voice freighted with sarcasm. “So, yeah, good news.” Ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix the issue of aero-elasticity had acquired so much momentum that it was virtually the only show in town. To look out on the panoramic vista ofContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda admitted to befuddlement over his lack of pace after Formula 1’s opening practice sessions at the Spanish Grand Prix – revealing he “doesn’t have any idea why I’m slow”. The Red Bull driver believed that, although his two Friday sessions were “smooth” and without any obvious issues, the ultimateContinue Reading
Following the resignation of Oliver Oakes, Flavio Briatore has taken on the duties of team principal at Alpine – despite not holding the official title.Briatore had already been wielding significant influence behind the scenes as an advisor, but now he has also become the French-owned team’s public face once again.Continue Reading
The Alpine Formula 1 squad appears a little closer to appointing a full-time team principal to replace Oliver Oakes, who departed unexpectedly and with immediate effect at the beginning of May.Oakes, recruited from his Hitech GP operation last summer by Briatore, resigned less than a week after his brother William,Continue Reading
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was fastest in Friday’s second practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.The championship leader set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour contest to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.At the start of the session, Piastri’s team-mate Lando Norris picked up where heContinue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has shrugged off speculation linking him to the Ferrari Formula 1 team.Autosport understands Ferrari chairman John Elkann is a big admirer of Horner, who guided Red Bull to two dominant spells with Sebastian Vettel and then Max Verstappen. And it has been suggested thatContinue Reading
Episode three of the new series, My Favourite F1 Season, has just dropped on Autosport Retro with former commentator James Allen joining the show.The now President of the Motorsport Network discusses 1993 which, although dominated by Alain Prost, was shaped by the behind the scenes politics.James talks at length aboutContinue Reading